If Climbing Shoes Could Talk

After working on thousands of shoes you start to wonder about how many different people have touched them and what their stories are. Last night I was peeling a pair of shoes and this idea kept me thinking for a few hours about not only who touched them but how far they have traveled. Even before all of you take your shoes around the world on climbing adventures they have already traveled across the Pacific, since just about all shoes are manufactured somewhere in Asia. While many climbing shoes are made by "USA" companies they are typically manufactured in Asia. This point is highlighted brilliantly in the photo above; American on the outside, but Chinese on the inside. So when you get your shoes back from our shop ponder not only where you will take them next but where they have been and who they have met in their relatively short but exciting lives.